The Kids Don't Care... (New blog...)

So I've jumped back into blogging pretty much head first, and I figured, why stop at just one? (That's a rhetorical question you jerks, I know what you're thinking). My main blog is pretty much my day to day journal, and I feel that I'm kind of leaving out something that is, and has been, a huge part of my life since 1993.


Music. Mainly Hardcore, Punk, Rock & Roll, Emo, and Indie, has always been my outlet. My energy. My inspiration. It can feed my happiness (as well as my depression). I've made most of my friends and some life choices based around it. I met my wife because of it. Because of this, I feel really lucky that I found Punk rock and Hardcore at an early age. Who knows what I'd be without it?
The level of involvement that you can have in this music scene is really amazing. Whether it's writing a zine, starting your own band, releasing records for bands, booking shows, or just going to a show to hang out; see some bands and stage dive, sing along, take pictures, etc., you can basically hold Hardcore and Punk in your hands and own it.


As I grow older, I find myself less involved than I once was, but, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, I'm still here. I still care and feel the same way about it as I always have. I may not get into all the new bands coming out, but it's always great to discover a new band that plays music that appeals to your senses. And I still get nostalgic when I listen to Judge, Sex Pistols, Negative Approach or Blitz.


That's the great thing about music. For me, it can easily conjure up a ton of old memories, who I was with when I first heard this one song, what I was doing at the time, how I was feeling, etc. Music is great because it's also something that you can fall in and out of love with for any reason. You can listen to a record 8000 times and then put it away for a year or 2, only to rediscover things that you had originally loved about it, and all of a sudden, you're right back where you were.


In the new age of technology, with videos and mp3s available via YouTube, Myspace, or numerous file sharing sites, I pretty much use the Internet as my goldmine for sonic pleasantries. It used to be Newbury Comics, Second Coming, Relax, Shattered, or whatever other music stores I used to frequent every week to drop half my paycheck. I'm still not sure how I feel about the modern world, and I still do buy new vinyl from time to time.

So anyway, I figure I'll talk about music and upload some stuff that I'm into, currently obsessed with, or feeling nostalgic about.


For suffering through the long intro, you've earned this. Sit back and enjoy one of the greatest songs ever written: